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High steel : the daring men who built the world's greatest skyline / Jim Rasenberger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rasenberger, Jim.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Structural steel workers--United States--Biography.
- Structural steel workers.
- Building, Iron and steel--New York (State)--History.
- Building, Iron and steel.
- New York (State).
- History.
- New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperCollins, [2004]
- Summary:
- A frequent contributor to the "New York Times" pens a powerful, firsthand account of the many generations and ethnic groups of men who have built America's skyscrapers. 21 photos throughout.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Of Steel and Men 1
- Part I The Hole
- 1 Some Luck 9
- 2 The Man On Top (1901) 31
- 3 The New World (2001) 61
- 4 The Walking Delegate (1903) 81
- 5 Mondays (2001) 109
- Part II The Bridge
- 6 Kahnawake 133
- 7 Cowboys of the Skies 173
- 8 Fish 209
- Part III The Fall
- 9 The Old School 239
- 10 The Towers 259
- 11 Burning Steel 287
- 12 Topping Out 319.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-354) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0060004347
- OCLC:
- 52520621
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